---
layout: single
elementName: base
---

<section id="base" class="element">
  <header class="element-header">
    <nav class="element-links">
      <span>
        Self-closing:
        <strong>
            Yes
        </strong>
      </span>
      <a class="element-links-direct" href="{{site.url}}/element/base/" data-element-name="base" data-tooltip="Single page for this element">Permalink</a>
      <a class="element-share" data-tooltip="Share on Twitter or Facebook" data-element-name="base">Share</a>
      <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/HTML/Element/base" data-tooltip="See on Mozilla Developer Network" rel="external">MDN</a>
    </nav>
    <h2 class="element-name">
      <a href="#base">
        <span>#</span>
        base
      </a>
    </h2>
    <div class="element-description">
      <p>Defines the base URL for all <strong>relative</strong> links of a web page. Should be placed in the <code>&lt;head&gt;</code>.</p>

    </div>
  </header>

      <div id="base-example-0" class="example">
        <p class="example-label">
          <strong>Example:</strong>
          <a class="example-clipboard" data-tooltip="Click to copy code" data-clipboard-target="#base-example-0-code">Copy</a>
        </p>
        <article class="example-preview">
            <div class="example-output"><base href="{{site.url}}">
<a href="/element/base">The HTML base element</a>
<!-- This will be an absolute link to https://htmlreference.io/element/base --></div>
          <div id="base-example-0-code" class="example-code">{% highlight html %}<base href="{{site.url}}">
<a href="/element/base">The HTML base element</a>
<!-- This will be an absolute link to https://htmlreference.io/element/base -->{% endhighlight %}</div>
        </article>
      </div>

    <article id="base-href" class="attribute">
      <header class="attribute-header">
        <h3 class="attribute-name">
          <code class="tag" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="href">
            href
          </code>
        </h3>
        <div class="attribute-description">
          <p>Defines the base target of all links of the web page.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <div class="attribute-values">
          <article id="base-href-siteurl" class="value">
            <header class="value-header">
                <h4 class="value-name">
                  <code class="tag" data-tooltip="Click to copy href=&quot;{{site.url}}&quot;" data-clipboard-text="href=&quot;{{site.url}}&quot;">
                      "{{site.url}}"
                  </code>
                </h4>
              <div class="value-description">
                <p>You can pass an <strong>absolute</strong> URL.</p>

              </div>
            </header>
            <aside class="value-preview">
              <div class="value-output"><base  href="{{site.url}}"></base></div>
            </aside>
          </article>
      </div>
    </article>
    <article id="base-target" class="attribute">
      <header class="attribute-header">
        <h3 class="attribute-name">
          <code class="tag" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="target">
            target
          </code>
        </h3>
        <div class="attribute-description">
          <p>Defines in which tab or window the links of the web pages will show up.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <div class="attribute-values">
          <article id="base-target-_blank" class="value">
            <header class="value-header">
                <h4 class="value-name">
                  <code class="tag" data-tooltip="Click to copy target=&quot;_blank&quot;" data-clipboard-text="target=&quot;_blank&quot;">
                      "_blank"
                  </code>
                </h4>
              <div class="value-description">
                <p>Opens in a new browsing context, which is usually a <strong>new tab</strong>.</p>

              </div>
            </header>
            <aside class="value-preview">
              <div class="value-output"><base  href="{{site.url}}" target="_blank"></base></div>
            </aside>
          </article>
          <article id="base-target-_self" class="value">
            <header class="value-header">
                <h4 class="value-name">
                  <code class="tag" data-tooltip="Click to copy target=&quot;_self&quot;" data-clipboard-text="target=&quot;_self&quot;">
                      "_self"
                  </code>
                </h4>
              <div class="value-description">
                <p>Opens in the current tab.</p>

              </div>
            </header>
            <aside class="value-preview">
              <div class="value-output"><base  href="{{site.url}}" target="_self"></base></div>
            </aside>
          </article>
          <article id="base-target-_parent" class="value">
            <header class="value-header">
                <h4 class="value-name">
                  <code class="tag" data-tooltip="Click to copy target=&quot;_parent&quot;" data-clipboard-text="target=&quot;_parent&quot;">
                      "_parent"
                  </code>
                </h4>
              <div class="value-description">
                <p>Opens in the parent browsing context, or <code>_self</code> is there is none.</p>

              </div>
            </header>
            <aside class="value-preview">
              <div class="value-output"><base  href="{{site.url}}" target="_parent"></base></div>
            </aside>
          </article>
          <article id="base-target-_top" class="value">
            <header class="value-header">
                <h4 class="value-name">
                  <code class="tag" data-tooltip="Click to copy target=&quot;_top&quot;" data-clipboard-text="target=&quot;_top&quot;">
                      "_top"
                  </code>
                </h4>
              <div class="value-description">
                <p>Opens in the top browsing context, or <code>_self</code> is there is none.</p>

              </div>
            </header>
            <aside class="value-preview">
              <div class="value-output"><base  href="{{site.url}}" target="_top"></base></div>
            </aside>
          </article>
      </div>
    </article>
</section>
